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Paul Flynn Retires!

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Replying To realdub: "Sure thats why he retired at 32, to have one more shot at the Olympics!" :D TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 02/05/2019 16:36:34 2181487 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "That's your opinion and you're untitled to that but I disagree with you. Would Paul Flynn have won what he did had he played more games outside crokepark? I doubt it very much," Would the Kerry greats have won as much as they did if they didn't reside in a hurling province where an AI could be obtained having won just 3 games? You see it's all hypothetical but what we do know is that Flynner was a fantastic footballer, acknowledged by his peers in the form of 4 all-stars in a row, scoring 3-28 in 22 games from 2011-14. Not bad for a 800m athlete!! Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 02/05/2019 17:39:56 2181494 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "That's why we're called the Gaelic athletic association realdub. Athletics was a big part of the GAA back in the early days of the association and Dublin are putting the athletic back in the GAA." We sure are, time to catch up lad,! realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8592 - 02/05/2019 18:43:22 2181506 Link
Replying To lilylanger: "Hmmm let me see now...a quick Google search reveals Paul Flynn scored 3-33 to Geaneys 6 points in their respective careers. Leaving aside that however Flynn got 4 consecutive all stars to Geaneys none. Rightfully so. I suspect you're alone in your thinking on this one. As the old saying goes....people will see you walk on water & say its cos you can't swim. This begrudgery & mean spiritness is rife amongst a sizable portion of the Kerry supporters on this forum." As I said in my post Mikey has been blighted by injury so 6 points isn't bad at all. I feel no begrudgery towards Flynn at all like I said he was an amazing athlete on a team of athletes. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 02/05/2019 18:43:29 2181507 Link
Replying To Joxer: "Would the Kerry greats have won as much as they did if they didn't reside in a hurling province where an AI could be obtained having won just 3 games? You see it's all hypothetical but what we do know is that Flynner was a fantastic footballer, acknowledged by his peers in the form of 4 all-stars in a row, scoring 3-28 in 22 games from 2011-14. Not bad for a 800m athlete!!" Fantastic scoring no doubt helped by playing all his games at home. As for us coming from a hurling province well we beat the best that every other province put in front of as well except the stars from the county Down. Pity our paths didn't cross in the 70/80s though as we'd have given them a run for their money. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 02/05/2019 18:47:59 2181509 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "As I said in my post Mikey has been blighted by injury so 6 points isn't bad at all. I feel no begrudgery towards Flynn at all like I said he was an amazing athlete on a team of athletes." I'll correct that for you An amazing footballer on a team of other amazing footballers. You're welcome! lilylanger (Kildare) - Posts: 758 - 02/05/2019 18:49:05 2181510 Link
Replying To lilylanger: "Hmmm let me see now...a quick Google search reveals Paul Flynn scored 3-33 to Geaneys 6 points in their respective careers. Leaving aside that however Flynn got 4 consecutive all stars to Geaneys none. Rightfully so. I suspect you're alone in your thinking on this one. As the old saying goes....people will see you walk on water & say its cos you can't swim. This begrudgery & mean spiritness is rife amongst a sizable portion of the Kerry supporters on this forum." Or a sizeable number of Hoganstand accounts....... GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7348 - 02/05/2019 18:50:22 2181511 Link
Replying To Joxer: "Would the Kerry greats have won as much as they did if they didn't reside in a hurling province where an AI could be obtained having won just 3 games? You see it's all hypothetical but what we do know is that Flynner was a fantastic footballer, acknowledged by his peers in the form of 4 all-stars in a row, scoring 3-28 in 22 games from 2011-14. Not bad for a 800m athlete!!" I remember watching him in the 2014 semifinal and thinking wow. One of his points that day was sublime. I really thought ye would go on to win that game as the point taking was unreal. Donegal were fantastic though. Should have beaten that Kerry team. lilylanger (Kildare) - Posts: 758 - 02/05/2019 18:52:23 2181512 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "Or a sizeable number of Hoganstand accounts......." Exactly! lilylanger (Kildare) - Posts: 758 - 02/05/2019 19:13:41 2181518 Link
Replying To lilylanger: "I remember watching him in the 2014 semifinal and thinking wow. One of his points that day was sublime. I really thought ye would go on to win that game as the point taking was unreal. Donegal were fantastic though. Should have beaten that Kerry team." Ah our 37th allireland, I remember it well, my favorite one of all if the truth be told. You can't beat winning an allireland against the head. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 02/05/2019 21:26:42 2181540 Link
Replying To lilylanger: "I'll correct that for you An amazing footballer on a team of other amazing footballers. You're welcome!" I wrote what I wrote and I stand by my assessment its my opinion is all and I stand by it 100% Again best of luck to paul Flynn in his retirement, plenty of space now for Mr Connolly to make his come back. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 02/05/2019 21:33:47 2181542 Link
For some reason I keep visualizing his goal against Kildare in the Leinster semi final in 2011. What a game that was, was worthy and had all the excitement of at least a Leinster final. It's actually hard to believe it was a Leinster Semi, thinking back. I'd wager that's the closest we have come to being beaten in Leinster since. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 02/05/2019 21:43:52 2181544 Link
Brilliant player really suited to the role of the modern day half forward superb work rate but above all his point taking from out wide on the right was probably the best and most consistent I've seen versatile player who could play in a number of positions Nice guy by all accounts also enjoy the retirement runnerin (Meath) - Posts: 202 - 02/05/2019 22:10:24 2181548 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "Fantastic scoring no doubt helped by playing all his games at home. As for us coming from a hurling province well we beat the best that every other province put in front of as well except the stars from the county Down. Pity our paths didn't cross in the 70/80s though as we'd have given them a run for their money." In fairness I think it's 3 each v Tyrone with us winning 2 finals to your 1 in championship. Just saying...... :) seanie_boy (Tyrone) - Posts: 4235 - 03/05/2019 04:56:57 2181564 Link
Replying To seanie_boy: "In fairness I think it's 3 each v Tyrone with us winning 2 finals to your 1 in championship. Just saying...... :)" That's a fantastic record against the kings of Gaelic football seanie boy ;-) I'd say it must be the second bests record in the country after Down. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 03/05/2019 10:11:08 2181591 Link
An underrated part of Flynn's game was his high fielding I always thought. Him and Cluxton seemed to have a great understanding for a few years where they would dominate kick outs, and Flynn was pivotal to Cluxton's role in the team. Mighty player. TakeyourPoint. (Tyrone) - Posts: 133 - 03/05/2019 10:40:20 2181601 Link
A true great of the modern game. Shame the injuries took their toal. Comes across as a top man as well. Enjoy the retirement Paul and congrats on a brilliant playing career. panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2782 - 03/05/2019 12:18:52 2181627 Link
Hmmm let me see now...a quick Google search reveals Paul Flynn scored 3-33 to Geaneys 6 points in their respective careers. Leaving aside that however Flynn got 4 consecutive all stars to Geaneys none. Rightfully so. I suspect you're alone in your thinking on this one. As the old saying goes....people will see you walk on water & say its cos you can't swim. This begrudgery & mean spiritness is rife amongst a sizable portion of the Kerry supporters on this forum. lilylanger (Kildare) - Posts: 127 - 02/05/2019 16:34:52 You've undersold Paul Flynn's scoring there by a bit. He has at least 6 Championship goals by my reckoning and I'd reckon he has at least 50 points. Don't know about Michael Geaney's record. The statisticians are still working on it probably..... MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13711 - 03/05/2019 12:37:47 2181635 Link
Replying To MesAmis: "Hmmm let me see now...a quick Google search reveals Paul Flynn scored 3-33 to Geaneys 6 points in their respective careers. Leaving aside that however Flynn got 4 consecutive all stars to Geaneys none. Rightfully so. I suspect you're alone in your thinking on this one. As the old saying goes....people will see you walk on water & say its cos you can't swim. This begrudgery & mean spiritness is rife amongst a sizable portion of the Kerry supporters on this forum. lilylanger (Kildare) - Posts: 127 - 02/05/2019 16:34:52 You've undersold Paul Flynn's scoring there by a bit. He has at least 6 Championship goals by my reckoning and I'd reckon he has at least 50 points. Don't know about Michael Geaney's record. The statisticians are still working on it probably....." My bad. Google isnt always accurate but the point stands. A superb footballer. lilylanger (Kildare) - Posts: 758 - 03/05/2019 16:54:20 2181710 Link
Superb player, will be missed. downsouth18 (Sligo) - Posts: 18 - 03/05/2019 18:10:19 2181718 Link